LifePointe Christian Church
Speaker: Chris Delfs, Senior Pastor
“Successful people do consistently what other people do occasionally.”
- Craig Groeschel
Matthew 3:17 NIV
Mark 1:35 NIV
Acts 17:2 NIV
"Our habits will make or break us. "We become what we repeatedly do.”
- Sean Covey
Romans 7:15, 18-19 NIV
Paul connects his failure to his identity
Romans 7:24 Oh, what a miserable person I am! NLT
Romans 7:24-25 NLT
If anyone is in Christ, he is a new person. The old is gone, and the new has come. (2 Corinthians 5:17)
WHY WE DON’T SUCCEED:
We focus on the WHAT but we don't understand the HOW
We all have similar goals
Health/fitness
Finances
Relationships
Spiritual
Goals don't determine success. Systems determine success
"You don't rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems.” - James Clear
Daniel’s primary system?
Daniel 6:10 He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God. NLT
Fix what we do and the outcomes will fix themselves
WHY WE DON’T SUCCEED:
We don’t see progress fast enough
Small good decisions and small bad decisions do not move the needle much.
YET........
Our life is the sum total of ALL the small decisions we make
It's the things that no one sees that bring results everyone wants
Galatians 6:9 NIV
WHY WE DON’T SUCCEED:
Our distorted identity sabotages our success
Our enemy tries to connect our failures to our identity
Moses
Gideon
Paul
An unhealthy identity creates unwise habits
Unwise habits reinforce the unhealthy identity
Most people create DO GOALS
Start with WHO GOALS
Who do you want to become?
Identity shapes actions
When you know who you are, then you know what to do
Romans 6:6-7, 18 NIV
Healthy identity creates positive habits
Positive habits reinforce a healthy identity
Who do you want to become?